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Bob Schieffer quotes

American Journalist February 25, 1937

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I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter because we didn't have much television in those days. Bob Schieffer
I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what..."
They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary. Bob Schieffer
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families. Bob Schieffer
The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better. Bob Schieffer
And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist. Bob Schieffer
The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy. Bob Schieffer
And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing. Bob Schieffer
I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun. Bob Schieffer
The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that..."
I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that good. Every once in a while, something will slip by me. Bob Schieffer
Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed. Bob Schieffer
For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account..."
Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer. Bob Schieffer
I had an idea in the beginning to do a book about some of the events that I had covered, just various stories that I've covered. Reporters spend a lot of time telling each other tales about how they covered stories, and that's what this book started out to be. Bob Schieffer

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